一切經音義 32.138

32.138

虵虺 ("serpents and vipers"; the lower character [虺] is hui-wei fan; Guo's commentary on the Shan Hai Jing says: 'The hui has colours like ribbon patterns, with a thorn upon its snout; the large ones weigh over a hundred jin; another name is fanbi'; the Shuowen says: 'Another name is fubi [viper]; three inches wide, its head as large as a thumb; depicting its coiled shape; creatures of minute detail, whether crawling or dead, hairy or naked, beastly or scaled, take the worm [radical] as their representation; anciently written 虫'; 蠃 is pronounced li-guo fan).